Philadelphia High School for Girls - Milestone Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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- , - . .1-. Trcflic Officers The Service Club, our sludenl governmenl os- socialion, is lhe medium lhrough which eoch girl may porlicipale in 'lhe aclivilies of lhe school. Hs main obieclive is 'ro inslill in every member 'rhe ideals sei' down in lhe Code of Honor and Courlesy. The governing bodies are 'rhe Execulive Coun- cil and lhe Represenlalive Council. The Execu- 'ning souls was glory.-George Eliol. Shirley Bacon Presidenl' ,cal Lech Korn ' Q' Secrelary X.. ll n ri Ei nl - . l l Execufive Council Hall Hoslesses 'live Council, corresponding in funclion lo lhe Federal Senale, is composed of represenlalives from each class, lhe upper grades having 'lhe greaier represenlalion. The Represenlafive Council, serving as anolher legislafive body, is composed of lhe aid, fhe assislonl aid, and 'rhe sludenl sponsor for each seclion.

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. i I I x i -A FIRST ROW: Joan Crawford, Rol'.ierTa Craig, Rhoda Cohen, Rose Goodloe, Onorina La Rocca, Alberfa Goodloe, Angela Palon, Diana Novack, Rufh Jacobs. SECOND ROW: Marie Lombardi, Rose RubensTein, Bar- bara Lewis, CharloHe McCandless, Geraldine Nash, MiIlicenT Slafer, Caroline TaggarT, Anne Trenchard, .ludirh Scharlach, Caryl Barnes. QPU SURE Thinking oT our solemn oaTh aT oTlTce, and oT The line in The Handbook which said ThaT spon- sors help in any way They can, we deTer- mined To be The besT ever. The TirsT day Tound us eager To sTarT work, wiTh Those of us blessed wiTh 9A and IOA secTions Teeling disTincTIy senior-ish, while The sponsors ol IIA and IIB groups wondered desperafely wheTher anyone aT all could aid The IolTy Juniors. T-IopeTuIIy we sTarTed, however, and surely no one can doubT The devoTion To duTy ol Those seniors who, having IeTT geomeTric Toils behind wiTh relief Two years before, again beaT Their painTuI way Through Euclid, aT The physicisTs oT 3I I, who renewed Their grip on chemical val- ences, or OT The IZB l'IamIeTs who relived a I THIRD ROW: Rufh Silver, Hildegard Hurm, Rulh Henry, Julia Glover, Joyce Harkins, Mary Jane Murphey, Shirley Bacon, Gloria Boswell, Joan Piwosky, Inge Hoff- man, Nancy Hardin, Melice Hemphill, JaneT Surman, Audrey Kern, Ella Jane BaTisTe. NOT PICTURED: Joy Solomon. Midsummer NighT's Dream, aT 8:30 in The morning. Then, when we came To RepresenTaTive Coun- cil, in The wee small hours, cleaned up aTTer huge geT-TogeTher parTies, inTroduced Tresh- men To The mysTeries OT inTer-classroom Travel, or led IOB's inTo The inTricacies ol Class Govern- menT, our duTies surely involved help in .every way. BuT more imporTanT was our duTy To Transmil' To our charges ThaT inTangibIe spiriT which we had Tound so rewarding- Triendly Teeling Toward schoolmaTes, a love oT The well-known halls and The familiar cusToms, a willingness To give help where iT is needed, and a wish To discover The besT ThaT G.I'-I.S. has To oTTer. Beyond doubT, even Though we were young. we Turnishecl a convincing example ThaT women can lead The deed, and lead in The besT pos- sible way.

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Virginia Sfeele They Hldf govern besf make fhe leasf noisef- Anonymous Vice Presideni isa bel Mosino Treasurer gn- Service Club Desk 3 Represenialiife Council Affendance Recorders Welfare Represeniolives The Service Club Officers are elecled by ihe whole school, and preside over bolh councils. As ils name implies. lhe Service Club is in- 'leresfed in helping a+hers. Service Club Deslz supplies many ol 'rhe pupils' malerial needs. while lhe Traffic Officers, Hall Hoslesses, Library Aids, Welfare Represeniafives, Lunchroom Lieu- fenanls and Hoslesses, Siudy Hall Caplains, - - . , Y Library Aids and Aflendance Recorders lunclion in 'rhe serv- ices fhal' 'rheir names imply. I+ is noi' only ihese elecled represenlafives. however, buf all sfudenls of Girls' High School who uphold fhe slandards ol our Service Club by cooperafing wilh oihers and by 'rruly ren- dering service fo fhern.